Paul Dini not working on Rocksteady's next game

Legendary Batman writer confirms he will not be involved with next project.

Famed Batman writer Paul Dini has confirmed he will not be involved with Rocksteady's next Batman project.

Dini originally tweeted: "Kinda hoped I'd be doing another Arkham game in London during the Olympics. Esp, as I had a good source for tx. Ah, well."

A follower then asked point-blank if he was working on the next Arkham game, to which Dini simply responded: "No."

This still left some ambiguity, as there are rumours circulating that Rocksteady's next Batman game is not an Arkham game, but a Silver Age prequel in which the Caped Crusader forms the Justice League.

However, Dini has now updated his LiveJournal confirming he will not work with Rocksteady: "So here's what's what with the Batman games as far as they relate to me:

"The last talk I had with Warner Interactive about future games was while I was doing promotion for Arkham City last September. Naturally as there was such a rush of interest about Arkham City, everyone was asking me about a third game, and frankly, I had been wondering about that myself. When I asked about the possibility of working on a third game I was told that as Rocksteady had just finished wrapping the second one, it would be a while before everyone was ready to sit down and discuss future plans. That said, it was intimated that for future games, Warner and Rocksteady might not be looking as much to freelance writers, the message being, that if I had something else interesting coming my way, I might want to take it.

"When I later read their subsequent announcements about the Harley Quinn's Revenge game expansion and the rumoured Arkham prequel/JLA game, I figured they had filled their writer needs. I had long before taken WI's advice and booked my schedule with a number of other projects, leaving me unavailable to take on anything new until 2013. It was fun working with Warners and Rocksteady on the first two Arkham games and I am grateful to them both for a tremendous experience. Rocksteady has a great crew of artists and storytellers, and it was exciting and enlightening for me to be part of that team. If we wind up working together again at some point, that would be cool, too."